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Polar Embassy Blog

How to play: our favourite playing card games

How to play: our favourite playing card games

Is a playing card deck 52 or 54 cards? How do you play card games with one deck like Euchre, Shithead, and Spoons? What are the four card suits called?...

How to play: our favourite playing card games

Is a playing card deck 52 or 54 cards? How do you play card games with one deck like Euchre, Shithead, and Spoons? What are the four card suits called?...

Watercolor painting of figs cut half open. They look rich and delicious.

30 Days of Painting Food's Impact on the Climat...

A-watercolor-a-day: after years working in the food waste, Amanda Lin spent a month painting an insight into the impact of food on our climate systems every day. The result is...

30 Days of Painting Food's Impact on the Climat...

A-watercolor-a-day: after years working in the food waste, Amanda Lin spent a month painting an insight into the impact of food on our climate systems every day. The result is...

Printing Cradle to Cradle: Visiting Gugler

Printing Cradle to Cradle: Visiting Gugler

What is the "Cradle to Cradle" product standard, what does it mean for a commercial printer? Join Polar Embassy founder Jon Derman Harris on a visit to our printing partner, Gugler Kommunikationshaus,...

Printing Cradle to Cradle: Visiting Gugler

What is the "Cradle to Cradle" product standard, what does it mean for a commercial printer? Join Polar Embassy founder Jon Derman Harris on a visit to our printing partner, Gugler Kommunikationshaus,...

We're Kreativpilot*innen!

We're Kreativpilot*innen!

We've been selected as one of the 32 teams recognised as Kultur- und Kreativpilot*innen! The year-long mentoring program recognises leaders in creative and cultural industries from all around Germany working on...

We're Kreativpilot*innen!

We've been selected as one of the 32 teams recognised as Kultur- und Kreativpilot*innen! The year-long mentoring program recognises leaders in creative and cultural industries from all around Germany working on...

Wrapped: Polar Embassy's 2023

Wrapped: Polar Embassy's 2023

What a year! In 2023, Polar Embassy grew from a side hustle into a publishing house for games by queer and trans* people, printed Cradle to Cradle certified in Austria. We...

Wrapped: Polar Embassy's 2023

What a year! In 2023, Polar Embassy grew from a side hustle into a publishing house for games by queer and trans* people, printed Cradle to Cradle certified in Austria. We...

Polar Embassy’s Berlin Zero-Waste Gift Guide: Holiday 2023

Polar Embassy’s Berlin Zero-Waste Gift Guide: H...

I'm proud of our low-impact supply chain. Here I'd like to highlight other local Berlin designers and producers of zero-waste and low-footprint products.  What makes a product zero-waste? To make...

Polar Embassy’s Berlin Zero-Waste Gift Guide: H...

I'm proud of our low-impact supply chain. Here I'd like to highlight other local Berlin designers and producers of zero-waste and low-footprint products.  What makes a product zero-waste? To make...